"Blast is a raw and sonic onslaught in true Diagrams fashion, twisting and turning, before tumbling into a labyrinth of beautiful, soaring guitar tone and rich, grooving bass..." (bedroomsuckrecords.com)

"It’s easy to forget the fact that Love Of Diagrams are kind of veterans of the Australian indie rock community. Having formed all the way back in 2001, they’ve now released four full length records plus a handful of EPs. One of those, 2007’s Mosaic, was put out on heavyweight US indie-rock label Matador, so the band certainly hasn’t been short of exposure in that time. Perhaps this feeling of absence is borne by the fact that all of Love Of Diagrams’ releases so far have come in the period between 2003 (when their debut album The Target Is You appeared) and their most recent album, 2009’s Nowhere Forever. That means that, from a releases standpoint, their recent period of inactivity is almost as long as that initial period of activity. The release of Blast (on Brisbane born label Bedroom Suck) therefore begs the question: has absence made the heart grow fonder? Whether it has or not, Love Of Diagrams certainly put their best foot forward when reintroducing themselves..." (Read more: 4zzzfm.org.au)